Adjusted for inflation, Allen's modern hits still don't compare to his commercial heydey in the late 1970s. Were they released today, "Annie Hall" would have made $140 million and "Manhattan" $130 million.

"I don't know why they like one and not another," Allen said in a Times interview in the spring, of how audiences embrace his movies. "If I could figure it out, I might be able to get rich."